1to strive, fight hard:
(
1163-70;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
si en loe Jhesu Crist K’il lui aveit doné tel drue En qui chastee s’esvertue
1392
(
c.1185;
MS: s.xiiim
)
I. mut s’esvertue, Loinz del cheval el champ l’estrue
(=the shield)
3677
(
c.1240;
MS: c.1300
)
Mes le deble mult s’evertue, Kant veit ke a poi est vencue
69.74
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esvertuer (1163-70)